1 Samuel 20:5:91 Sam.20.5.W9TAB
לֶאֱכֹֽול
leekhol
“to eat”
- Transliteration
- le-e-KHOL
- Extended
- leh-eh-KHOHL
- IPA
- /lɛʔɛˈxoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- to eat
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
le-e-KHOL
- phraseyour reading level
le-e-KHOL ve-shi-la-KH-TA-ni
- clause
im-ha-ME-lekh le-e-KHOL ve-shi-la-KH-TA-ni ve-nis-tar-TI va-sa-DE ad ha-E-rev ha-she-li-SHIT
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID el-ye-ho-na-TAN hi-NE-KHO-desh ma-KHAR ve-a-no-KHI ya-SHOV-e-SHEV im-ha-ME-lekh le-e-KHOL ve-shi-la-KH-TA-ni ve-nis-tar-TI va-sa-DE ad ha-E-rev ha-she-li-SHIT
In context — 1 Samuel 20:5
And David said, “Then it will be the new moon day, and you will dine with the king, but I will go and hide myself in the field until the evening of the third day.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Samuel 20:5, so the Hebrew word לֶאֱכֹֽול (leekhol) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Sam.20.5.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.5.W9.S1) and character.